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Muraho! The Rwanda team from Church of the Rez, Advent and Ascension made it safely to Rwanda on Friday, August 27 and has spent the past few days in Nyagatare (the location of our sister church), meeting the new pastor and his family. We also attended church services with the sister church and played football…

For those who prefer the convenience of online giving, this option is now available via a link on the Rez website. To get started, click on the e-Give button on the right panel of the Rez website (www.rezchurch.org) and follow the prompts to create an account with e-Give, a third-party processor of donations. Once an…

A group for Church of the Resurrection will be traveling to Rwanda in late August to visit or sister church in Nyagatare and to work with the As We Forgive Rwanda Initiative.   We have two opportunities to support them as they make their final fund-raising push. If you’d like to make a general donation to…

The Parish Council seeks recommendations from Resurrection members for 3 open seats on the council starting 10/1/2010. The terms for these positions are for 3 years. According to our by-laws (section 1.12), nominees must be (i) members since 4/1/2010 (ii) giving regularly and generously to the church; and (iii) at least 21. If you have recommendations, please…

In March, Dan Claire participated in the inaugural meeting of the North American Network, intended to foster collaboration and partnership between missional urban churches within a wide array of denominations and traditions. About 120 leaders attended this three-day conference in Miami, which featured talks by Dr. Tim Keller and panel discussions on strategy, worship and…

From congregant Pete Howard: Haiti Earthquake: Please consider getting involved in supporting the relief efforts in Haiti.  Several reputable organizations to give to include: Food for the Hungry (www.fh.org), Salvation Army (www.salvationarmyusa.org), World Vision (www.worldvision.org), World Relief (www.worldrelief.org), World Hope (www.worldhope.org), etc.  Right now organizations need money more than people.  If you would like to…

Here’s the 2009 Church of the Resurrection Year in Review, as presented at last night’s Annual Member’s Meeting.

Each week during service, we pray for a number of folks that Rez supports overseas.  Mono is very dear to the Rez family, although many of us have not had the chance to meet him personally.   We wanted to share the short bio on him below as an introduction for those who may not know…

Last night (Sunday, November 22, 2009), the Rwanda Group shared several videos with us to celebrate Rwanda Night.  We learned more about our partnership with our sister church in Nygatare, Rwanda.  Please enjoy: 1.  Sarah’s photo slideshows of Nygatare, our family there and the surrounding region Slideshow #1 Slideshow #2 2.  Video of our sister…

7 pm Tuesday, August 11 Christ our Shepherd Church 801 North Carolina Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20003 Join us for a multi-church gathering to hear two international updates from Europe and Rwanda. The Rev. Christian Hofreiter, who served on the pastoral team at Resurrection 2005-07, will give an update on his Oxford studies and opportunities…